tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90153409793377231332018-09-16T23:26:31.160-07:00CASCADIA'S FAULTA book by Jerry Thompson about the coming earthquake and tsunami that could devastate North America.Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-63294917432826691272016-06-19T19:30:00.001-07:002016-06-19T19:30:33.752-07:00Documentary “Sonic Magic” wins five LeosMake documentary films. See the world. It’s been a terrific way to avoid real work, but we always knew it had to end. Terry and Bette and I thought we might slip quietly out the back door. No fuss. No big deal. Then this happened: seven Leo nominations and five wins for Sonic Magic, our final film; a very gratifying surprise ending to a long, good run.When you work with talented teammates, great Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-11734164088196277602016-01-08T15:44:00.001-08:002016-01-08T15:44:27.512-08:00Victoria earthquake an urgent wake-up callI’m happy to see this cautionary tale in The Globe & Mail, written by Benjamin Perrin, a law professor at UBC. As many will recall, this is a story I’ve been chasing for more than 20 years (Cascadia’s Fault, the book, was published in 2011) hoping others would pick up the thread. Thanks to the Globe and to Prof. Perrin for giving this issue the attention it deserves. It’s also worth noting a Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-58470988451304639222015-11-12T15:28:00.001-08:002015-11-12T15:28:17.234-08:00Sonic Magic - The Science of SoundSource: The Science of Sound – The Nature of Things: Science, Wildlife and Technology – CBC-TVHow do you make a television documentary about something you can’t see? Well, you need a little magic. In this case “Sonic Magic,” which is the title of our latest production airing tonight at 8pm on CBC’s “The Nature of Things with David Suzuki.”It’s not just a rant about noise, it’s a visual feast of Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-44044407429621392412015-06-21T21:33:00.001-07:002015-06-21T21:33:41.375-07:00San Andreas - not the quake that terrifiesSan Andreas – the schadenfreude movieOkay, I admit it – I got bored the other night and wasted ten bucks on the entirely predictable disaster flick, “San Andreas.” I knew deep down that it would be what it was—pure Hollywood crap, a cartoon hero movie with an obscene budget.But as a guy who has written a fair bit about earthquakes, I wanted to see what they were going to do with a $Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-68481426657136318672015-06-20T20:32:00.001-07:002015-06-20T20:32:13.793-07:00My Own Lou GrantRon Haggert – a real Lou GrantIf you’re too young to remember who Lou Grant was, you might want to skip the rest of this post. It’s a story about one of my mentors at CBC and you’d have to know the significance of who “Lou” was (in the journalism culture of the late 1970s) for the story to have meaning. If you’ve temporarily forgotten, allow me to refresh your nostalgia.Lou Grant (played by actorCascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-40398381792682486612011-09-02T16:27:00.000-07:002012-01-23T16:07:02.390-08:00Megaquake: It's not if but whenJournalist Thompson presents clear picture of coming disaster and urges greater preparedness
By JACQUELINE WINDH The Vancouver Sun August 4, 2011
Journalist and documentary filmmaker Jerry Thompson has been chasing the story of the Cascadia subduction zone, which lies off North America’s West Coast, and the possibility of a “megathrust” earthquake, for 30 years. In the introduction to Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-30891717662816627902011-07-28T18:36:00.000-07:002011-07-28T18:36:07.515-07:00Interview with Jerry Thompson on Jefferson ExchangeClick this link to listen to the interview: http://ow.ly/5Q2YT Julia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-30234779182782485892011-07-26T16:40:00.000-07:002011-07-26T16:40:47.098-07:00Friday, July 15, 2011Review of Cascadia's Fault
by Dan McShane -- an engineering geologist with Stratum Group, a geology and environmental consulting company based in Bellingham, Washington.
Excerpt from the review:
The challenge of reviewing this book is trying to do the book proper justice. I am not sure I can meet the same standard of good writing, good journalism and good science that Mr. Thompson did so Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-76316636444697508742011-06-17T19:00:00.000-07:002011-06-17T19:00:17.675-07:00Cascadia's Fault review on Highly AllochtonousExcerpt from the review:
If you don’t know much about the risk posed by Cascadia, then you are not alone; indeed, for a long time even geologists were in the dark. The story of how they slowly uncovered the danger signs is the focus of journalist Jerry Thompson’s excellent new book, Cascadia’s Fault, a creditable attempt to raise awareness beyond geoscientists and emergency planners who Julia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-75093172643080656772011-06-08T15:04:00.000-07:002011-06-08T15:05:00.918-07:00Excerpt from Cascadia's Fault on the Nervous BreakdownIntroduction
On Christmas Eve 2004 my wife, Bette, and I were in a hotel bar in San Francisco dreaming up plot points for a film we’d like to shoot some day when a woman arrived from the airport with breathless news. The bartender clicked his remote and It’s a Wonderful Life vanished, Jimmy Stewart’s smiling face wiped off the screen by a mountain of angry seawater. I can still see those Julia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-37059774198643784072011-06-08T15:02:00.000-07:002011-06-08T15:05:32.739-07:00Jerry Thompson: The TNB Self-InterviewExcerpt from the interview:
But seriously now, aren’t you just trying to scare the hell out of everybody?Actually, I’m not. Because I think kneejerk alarmism is a complete waste of time and energy. The truth is – we’re not all gonna die. The vast majority of us will survive the quake. Cities and towns will be wrecked to some degree and the tsunami waves will kill some of us – but only a fewJulia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-47693088791185059562011-05-29T12:25:00.000-07:002011-06-14T21:28:15.378-07:00Rhod Sharp interviews Jerry Thompson on BBC Radio 5Listen to the audio file from the interview:
Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-5666500228806611412011-05-28T12:18:00.000-07:002011-05-28T12:18:22.745-07:00This Political Earthquake Is Inevitable"Jerry Thompson, a longtime journalist, doesn't say much if anything about politics in his new book. But the political implications of his book, for Canada and the United States, are inescapable."
http://thetyee.ca/Books/2011/05/25/CascadiaFault/Julia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-69575668259278675872011-05-19T12:28:00.000-07:002011-05-19T12:28:12.618-07:00Booknews Review of Cascadia's FaultExcerpt from Print Article:
"Thompson, a journalist and documentary film producer, presents this frightening look at the Cascadia subduction zone and the risk it poses to major American West coast cities through powerful earthquakes and devastating tsunami waves. Drawing from current seismology research and the effects of recent massive quakes in Chile, Sumatra and Japan, the work outlines the Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-38414722609710744772011-05-19T12:21:00.000-07:002011-05-19T12:21:42.236-07:00Shaken and Stirred: Book review of Cascadia's Fault in Sacramento News Reviewhttp://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/shaken-stirred/content?oid=2030163Julia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-50022738117586740682011-05-16T09:35:00.000-07:002011-05-16T09:35:44.296-07:00Booklist Review of Cascadia's FaultExcerpt from May issue of Booklist:
"Despite its fear-mongering subtitle, this is a level-headed look at a potentially devastating natural disaster. Prompted by a massive earthquake in 1985 that caused widespread destruction in Mexico City, Canadian television journalist Thompson began researching a potential disaster zone much closer to home: the Cascadia Subduction Zone (once known as the JuanCascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-74077945455789066522011-05-13T10:54:00.000-07:002011-05-13T11:01:08.990-07:00Agency workers prepare citizens for looming Oregon earthquakeExcerpt from article:
"Being prepared for an event like this is not that difficult because you're going to survive the earthquake," he said. "But, you better have an emergency plan in place, an emergency kit, put aside some food and water, talk to your family about how you're going to reunite and communicate if you're separated. These are the things you have to think about with an event like Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-10703443027543999382011-05-06T13:47:00.000-07:002011-05-06T13:47:50.582-07:00Earthquakes and Tsunamis 101 - When at the beach...[Excerpt from Cascadia's Fault] Bottom line: if you’re on a beach and the ground starts shaking—and especially if that shaking lasts more than one minute—it’s probably a subduction earthquake and there probably will be a tsunami. The shaking is all the warning you’re going to get. Head for higher ground immediately and don’t wait for any official notification.Cascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-65108580467033502042011-05-02T06:47:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:45:39.679-07:00Video Clip Excerpt from Shockwave Documentary by Jerry ThompsonJulia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-633625177241517902011-04-28T18:57:00.001-07:002011-05-02T06:46:13.746-07:00Jerry Thompson discusses CASCADIA'S FAULT on Studio 4 with Fanny KieferJulia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-45827655619725641232011-04-28T16:55:00.001-07:002011-04-28T16:55:50.990-07:00How To Prepare For Disasterhttp://lifestyle.sympatico.ca/special+guides/book+guide/book%20guide/how_to_prepare_for_a_disaster/dcd73ad8Julia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-83026661585075434602011-04-28T16:54:00.000-07:002011-04-28T16:54:02.200-07:00The Earthquake That Hasn't Happened. Yet.http://lifestyle.sympatico.ca/special+guides/book+guide/book%20guide/the_earthquake_that_hasnt_happened_yet/0de5730eJulia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-56543624443580718302011-04-27T10:37:00.001-07:002011-05-06T13:48:46.469-07:00Earthquakes 101 - Understanding MagnitudeA moderate earthquake is defined as magnitude 5.0 to 5.9; strong is 6.0 to 6.9; major is 7.0 to 7.9; and a great earthquake registers 8.0 or higher on the Richter scale. Because the scale is logarithmic, there is a tenfold increase in the amplitude of the shockwaves with each higher whole number on the scale. Some studies have estimated that this tenfold increase in the amplitude of the Julia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-59063440215242933092011-04-26T13:05:00.000-07:002011-04-26T13:05:33.100-07:00Safe in the Puget Sound or due for The Big One?http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/mudroom/special-report/2011/04/imagine-Cascadia-Subduction-Zone-ruptures-9-magnitude-earthquake-violently-shakes-Pacific-Northwest/Julia Drakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752899624559419915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015340979337723133.post-53050851488144276462011-04-26T09:46:00.000-07:002011-04-26T09:46:00.465-07:00Oregon Emergency Management asks: Are we ready for The Big One?http://oem-oregon.blogspot.com/2011/04/earthquakes-to-destroy-all-western.htmlCascadia's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674867784850106776noreply@blogger.com